Columbine 25 Years Later: Family, friends of victims ask us to never forget
Forever in our memories are 13 faces that correspond to 13 names. Their stories led to changes across the country in the response to school shootings.
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So heartwarming to see Lauren's mother with the photos of the 13 victims in their earlier years. In times of tragedy, bonding with those with extreme common ground is crucial to healing.
@heebgbees-69
2 ай бұрын
I agree! It made me tear up.
@stephw1702
2 ай бұрын
A beautiful way to cope and also to pay tribute. Seeing those simple moments caught on film gives focus to their lives, not just the way they died.
@user-wg8qu9ok5k
2 ай бұрын
There was a profound movie called 'Dawn Anna' that talks about her battle with a brain tumor, learning to walk and function again, and the impact of losing her daughter.
@Jotinko
2 ай бұрын
@@user-wg8qu9ok5k I’ll check it out. thank you.
So hard to believe it’s already 25 years! May the victims continue to rest in the sweetest peace!
Those students and teacher that were killed will never be forgotten!
I can't believe that it has been 25 years since the columbine shooting rip to all 13 victims
Thank you for posting this. Never forget from here in Indiana.
25 years and it still seems like yesterday
I was in middle school when this happened and I remember being scared to go to highschool that next year. My parents said it was a freak incident. Look where we are now. I'll always be angry about this and every columbine we've suffered since then.
Thank you for sharing this. I’ll never forget the victims or how I felt that day as a kid the same age . It breaks my heart knowing how much life I have lived just in 25 years especially now that I now have a child of my own. We change so much from high school and it’s just so hard to understand that this is still happening. I hope all the families know that they will never be forgotten
This event just happened 25 days before I was born to the world and yes it is been 25 years ago since this happened. Remembering these 13 victims 😢
Let Us Never Forget The one Lost on that day #13
RIP to the 13 victims that lost their lives. Never forget Columbine! :(
A TIME TO REMEMBER A TIME TO HOPE
15 families grieved.
@swiftieforever13446
3 ай бұрын
No actually 13 families grieved 🥺💔😭
@Elizabeth-vr4us
3 ай бұрын
No, 15 families. I’m absolutely sure the perpetrator’s families grieved as well.
@teamsteed1
3 ай бұрын
@@Elizabeth-vr4usYeah, the families of Eric and Dylan grieved as well.
@sarahr5513
2 ай бұрын
@@Elizabeth-vr4usYou’re 100% right!! They suffered as well. Just because their sons did wrong, doesn’t make them matter less.
Dawn Anna has always been admirably strong and articulate.
As a native of Colorado im 34. 15 children died that day. May they all be remembered. Amen💯🙏
@Tamara-id1pe
3 ай бұрын
14 children and one adult
@user-ix1qn9ki2s
3 ай бұрын
100 agree
@user-ix1qn9ki2s
2 ай бұрын
@@evapok529 do you really think their families did not grieve as well?
Rip and prayers to all the victims and their families as well as all the people effected from this tragedy 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Truly heart-breaking. Remember these 13 incredible, amazing people and forget the evil, hate-driven, cowardly killers. Never Again Let This Happen.
I can't believe it has been 25 years. i hope their families have peace now, may the victims RIP.
I remember in school after these shootings would happen. The school teachers would go out of the way to include everyone, and try to rid the bullying. It was a great experience. We all made sure some kids that were picked on, felt some sense of belonging. You don't know what other people are going through.
Thinking of all the families who were affected. Sending good thoughts, too, to all the students who injured.
I was 14, it was so brutal and sad and shocking, defined my generation really. I've made it a point to never forget them. I will always keep that promise.
Never forget from North Carolina
Always in our memories forever ❤
R.I.P. to all those we lost on this day 25 years ago . Our thoughts ahd prayers are with you guys forever
You are not forgotten! Even far away from you, here in Germany!
Rest in Peace to the victims of this tragic incident. Sending prayers from Australia. 😢💔😥 Hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since Columbine.
Will never forget!
My heart & prayers go out around this time every year to all the families that were affected by this and lost loved ones
I remember exact what I was doing and remember watching this happening on live tv. Gives me chills still. Rest In Peace to you all we won’t forget you!!
This is what I remember I moved upstate right after this and I was in Elementary School at The time there was a speaker who was there in the school auditorium and I Vividly remember seeing a slide of the Colombine high school on the Projector and also the Pictures of Cassie Barnell and every other victim who lives where Shattered and we were all givin A link of Chains The Chains of Kindness in Rachel’s memory and we all wrote our own Acts of kindness on these Chains that made me so Emotional just thinking about it all over again and at the end we Also were giving Cassie Barnell’s book of her life through her words from her Diary the Book was Called “She Said Yes” that makes me cry every time I see her picture and hear back her story
RIP to the victims. I love to hear about your lives from those who loved you the most. I didn’t know you but some of you would be my age now. You seem like beautiful people
Very moving.
Very touching, I was a 7 year old 2nd grader when Columbine happened. I’ll never forget! RIP to all 13 victims of this tragedy. 🙏🏽🌺
@crystalheck4077
2 ай бұрын
I was 7 as well
God bless each and every one of them, it doesn't seem like 25 yrs already 😢 But I never ever forgot each and every one of these sweet kids ❤ I was only 22 when this happened and I hadn't been out of high school long, I will never forget hearing about it on the radio in my car that day and my heart ached for everyone. I am so sorry for the loss that these people have gone through, my prayers and love ❤🙏❤
I'll never forget cause I was in my senior year & on that day at my school (in Va) we had a bomb threat. We had just gotten back to our classes when we got the news ! With the bomb threat we were already scared because it wasn't the only one, it started on our first day of school. I can't really remember how many we had before the day of Columbine shooting! I just remember that we didn't have much time to look at what was happening w/our school but after that day we were getting mad & had more fear about our school. I remember walking in to my history or government class and the tv was on & as I was just ready to sit down the news came on & was going on about the shooting. I took my seat & wasn't about to think straight about anything! My heart just went out to everyone from that school, families, town, and state! Even today I just don't understand why or how someone could take a life(s) like that! 😪💔💔💔 That day will forever be remembered not just by the ppl that saw or lost someone that because a piece is always be missing and no telling the world missed out on from losing the young that would never leave their own mark on the world!
Let work hard to make sure this will never happen again 😢
@PearlKittens-dv1sh
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@tybvndzzzz
3 ай бұрын
😂😂
It's been 25 years already.... We shall NEVER forget them
I'm Australian and I remember this. I don't think your gun laws have changed that much considering the hundreds of mass shootings since. If you wanna honour the victims tighten your gun laws!!!
@firstlast8258
2 ай бұрын
The numbers don't lie but liars use numbers
I was 11, watching in Nashville. I will not forget. I think of them often
Will never forget this day and will never forget the victims. Crazy how it's been 25 years.
RIP to the victims of Columbine
I was born after it happened, never been to the US, and yet I came to know all their names and stories because the family and friends have done such a great job making sure that they are always being spoken about. May they all rest in peace.
Thank you for paying tribute so important!!
We won't forget about it. But no one in power is going to do anything about it either.
Beautiful stories. Can’t believe these kids would be 40 now. RIP and never forget.
God bless the families ❤️🙏💪 I still pray for you all.
Thank you, families, for sharing their lives and stories with us. ❤
I remember the shooting really well ,my heart broke for all of the family who lost family members and friends. I was Junior in highschool, admired Lauren Scott and Cassie Bernil for them showing there faith and there Kindness
Racism, kills.😞💔
@evapok529
3 ай бұрын
it wasn't due to racism...
@Kabeyavictoria
3 ай бұрын
@@evapok529they killed Isaiah because he was BLACK AND CALLED HIM THE N WORD !!!!
@Mira6993s
2 ай бұрын
@@evapok529Sur ideology nazi
@vintageflower9637
2 ай бұрын
Yes it was!
@Kabeyavictoria
2 ай бұрын
@@evapok529 IT WAS !!! THEY KILLED ISAIAH SHOELS BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK!!!!!
Its good to see the other students being remembered not just racheal so sorry for all your losses from Australia
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On behalf of the catechetical program at St-Brendan's I want to extend our condolences and remember the victims of columbine shooting 25 years later sincerely David Sanchini catechist St-Brendan's catechetical program
What a precious loving mother I am praying for all of the families
No one will ever forget Columbine or any other senseless school shooting. The families of these tragedies are always in our hearts.
I remember when that happened because it was so sad man
I will never forget! 🙏❤️
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What I appreciate about 'most' smaller media outlets like 9News is their continuing pursuit of truth and balance; valuing and reporting the facts without the interference of propaganda and misinformation through monetary gains and virtual viewership. Unlike other national news stations where their grand focus is often political symposium on gun control and mental health, this news station exclusively allowed themselves to focus the only thing that truly mattered about this tragedy: its community. Understanding who they were allows these folks to finally let their souls be at peace; and with that they are no longer the victims of this heinous tragedy but members of Littleton. This, guys and gals...is acceptance and they always be there in spirit. Small towns, rule! ☺
We never will!
They are not forgotten.
May you rest in peace
rachels family came to my school in oklahoma i believe and talked to us about her and columbine. I was 12 ish. I will never forget that day
😢 still hurts so....
Seeing the faces of the victims makes it even more disgusting that there are fans of the two people responsible for their deaths.
💔😭🙏🏻👍🏻
I reflect on it every year
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS❤ AND THE FACT THAT THIS KEEP HAPPENING IS SOMETHING SERIOUS AND AWFUL
Eric and Dylan looking up now, filled with regret eternally.
@firstlast8258
2 ай бұрын
Gawd bless Murica 🤓 🖕
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
i was 15 a sophomore in high school when it took place
We are Columbine !!!!! 🙏
All of these absolutely amazing souls live on through those that love them and they are loved by many many people even those who hadn’t had the chance to have met them in person they will always be remembered never forgotten they deserve to be remembered as the amazing people they were and not as a victim my condolences to all the families and friends I enjoy hearing stories of their lives that you all are sharing
A day that should have never happened
I was 17 when this happened, my junior year. It sounds cliche to many who don’t understand, but every one of these kids were anything but average; they all really were incredibly special and had a lot to offer. But the one that especially stuck out to me was Kelly Fleming. She had a smile of pure innocence, something that evil recoils at when presented with it. Those two demons, like the spineless cowards that they were, shot this remarkably beautiful, talented young girl in the back. Even 25 years on, it just doesn’t seem real. Nevertheless, she and all her classmates who perished that day are now with the Lord; many of the families of the slain, including Kelly’s, experienced numerous supernatural signs which would confirm this. Moreover, though they died young, they touched and continue to touch more people in their short lives than most do in an entire lifetime. It is for this reason that we know their deaths, although untimely, were not in vain. Not one bit.
Never to forget
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Lest we forget...
It’s my birthday too
@swiftieforever13446
3 ай бұрын
🥺😭💔
My heart, prayers and condolences goes out to the lost 13 people. ✝️✝️❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊️🕊️🌹🌹🌺🌺💐💐🌷🌷🌸🌸 Those poor innocent 13 lost people were filled with joy, hopes and dreams, but they were robbed too soon by those 2 sick, nasty-hearted and disgusting monsters. 😭😭😞😞😡😡💔💔
It history of the country and move on
There were 15 victims not 13
@boomds5602
3 ай бұрын
No just 13
@Anemonemona
3 ай бұрын
@@boomds5602 14 children and an adult died that day
@teamsteed1
3 ай бұрын
The families of Eric and Dylan wanted to put up a memorial for Eric and Dylan but the families or the school send "no" to that idea.
@Anemonemona
3 ай бұрын
@@teamsteed1 that’s awful
@samanthalowther9818
2 ай бұрын
Why remember the 2 who took the lives of these 13? These 13 wanted to live to graduate, to love, go to college/military/retire, and spend the rest of their life spoiling grandkids. The 2 who did this chose to end their lives in the end they could've been captured by the cops been convicted and live their lives out in jail. They CHOSE to die. The only people who chose to die that day were them. The 13 this video talks about were the victims
LMAO
Blame the nra
@Usermx2005-.
3 ай бұрын
It wasn’t the gun! it was the fools behind the gun
@annjames1837
2 ай бұрын
Blame big pharma
@firstlast8258
2 ай бұрын
@@Usermx2005-.Takes one to know one
It says in God's word, the Bible that the people in hell can see the people in heaven, Eric and Dylan are forever suffering in hell and they're seeing their victims rejoicing with Jesus in Heaven.
We will never ever forget❤️
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Does it feel like 9news is just milking it for all it's worth?
@CodysHOG
3 ай бұрын
What a rude and insensitive comment….
@SuperStoner86
3 ай бұрын
@@CodysHOG it's been 25 years enough with your false platitudes
@Raven-rc8zc
3 ай бұрын
@@SuperStoner86 So what are you doing here? Get lost, and don't waste your and our time under this video
@Rainescoven
3 ай бұрын
@@SuperStoner86are you okay? Like mentally m
@meowxoxo9419
3 ай бұрын
Don't be so rude, 13 beautiful people lost their lives tragically, this is anything but milking it you moron!